title: Great rehabilitation and great physical bodies allow professional athletes undergoing lumbar discectomy to return to sport at a high rate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, USC Keck School of Medicine, Marina Spine Center, 4640 Admiralty Way, Suite 600, Marina Del Rey, CA 90292, USA. robertwatkinsMD@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Robert G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Watkins
mesh_terms: D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery; D017586:Diskectomy; D004651:Employment; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D010809:Physical Fitness; D020127:Recovery of Function; D016896:Treatment Outcome